Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Uruguay

Gross national savings in Uruguay in 2025 — 15.5%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 73. Since 1978, the indicator has fallen by 3.5 pp.

2025 15.5% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 60of 73
Period maximum 19%1979
Period minimum 8.1%1980

Trend over time

1978–2025 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Uruguay, 1978–2025510152019781983198819931998200320082013201820231978: 19%1979: 19%1980: 8.1%1981: 17%1982: 14.9%1983: 10.9%1984: 10%1985: 9.8%1986: 12.6%1987: 12.7%1988: 15.2%1989: 13.6%1990: 14.1%1991: 16%1992: 14.6%1993: 13.9%1994: 13.7%1995: 14.1%1996: 14.1%1997: 13.6%1998: 13.9%1999: 12%2000: 11%2001: 11.4%2002: 15.4%2003: 14.9%2004: 16.7%2005: 17.6%2006: 16.5%2007: 16.9%2008: 16%2009: 17.7%2010: 17.1%2011: 17.6%2012: 12.8%2013: 14.5%2014: 13.2%2015: 15.2%2016: 18.3%2017: 16.1%2018: 14.4%2019: 15.4%2020: 15.6%2021: 15.9%2022: 15.2%2023: 14.7%2024: 15.1%2025: 15.5%
Change over the period: −3.5 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Uruguay

Uruguay 15.5%
Gross national savings — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.5 +0.5 pp
2024 15.1 +0.3 pp
2023 14.7 −0.5 pp
2022 15.2 −0.7 pp
2021 15.9 +0.2 pp
2020 15.6 +0.2 pp
2019 15.4 +1 pp
2018 14.4 −1.6 pp
2017 16.1 −2.2 pp
2016 18.3 +3.1 pp
2015 15.2 +2 pp
2014 13.2 −1.3 pp
2013 14.5 +1.7 pp
2012 12.8 −4.7 pp
2011 17.6 +0.4 pp
2010 17.1 −0.5 pp
2009 17.7 +1.7 pp
2008 16 −0.9 pp
2007 16.9 +0.4 pp
2006 16.5 −1.1 pp
2005 17.6 +0.9 pp
2004 16.7 +1.8 pp
2003 14.9 −0.5 pp
2002 15.4 +3.9 pp
2001 11.4 +0.5 pp
2000 11 −1 pp
1999 12 −1.9 pp
1998 13.9 +0.4 pp
1997 13.6 −0.5 pp
1996 14.1 −0.1 pp
1995 14.1 +0.5 pp
1994 13.7 −0.3 pp
1993 13.9 −0.7 pp
1992 14.6 −1.3 pp
1991 16 +1.9 pp
1990 14.1 +0.5 pp
1989 13.6 −1.6 pp
1988 15.2 +2.5 pp
1987 12.7 +0.2 pp
1986 12.6 +2.7 pp
1985 9.8 −0.2 pp
1984 10 −0.9 pp
1983 10.9 −4 pp
1982 14.9 −2.1 pp
1981 17 +8.9 pp
1980 8.1 −10.9 pp
1979 19 +0 pp
1978 19

South America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Gross national savings as a percent of GDP — what is left of national income after all consumption, private and public. Savings and capital formation differ by the balance of external transactions: a country that saves more than it invests at home exports capital, and one that invests more than it saves imports it. Hence the stable link with the current account balance, which is exactly what this indicator makes visible.

Important: The difference between savings and capital formation is approximately equal to the current account balance — that is an identity of the national accounts, not a coincidence.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.